Combination-tiles for floors, walls, &amp;c.



No. 724,394. PATENTEDMAR. 31, 1903.

R. L. MOYLE. I COMBINATION TILES FOR FLUORS, WALLS, 8:0.

APPLICATION FILED APR. 12, 1902.

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UNITED STATES.

PATENT OFFIcE.

RICHARD LEONARD MOYLE, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

COMBINATION-TILES FOR FLOORS, WALLS, 860- I SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 724,394, dated March 31, 1903.

Application filed April 12, 1902.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, RICHARD LEONARD MoYLE, a citizenof the United States, residing in New York city, State of New York, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Combination-Tiles for Floors, Walls, &c., of which the following is a specification.

My present invention is an improvement on my prior invention, for which Letters Patent of the United States No. 695,647 were granted.

The object of the present invention is to se- I cure all the advantagesobtained by a threepiece tile floor and yet to construct a tiled floor formed of two pieces, so that the expense of manufacture may be lessened, two molds only being necessary instead of three.

The combination-tile floor of my present invention is especially adapted for the floors and walls of residences, though it may be employed on any floor, wall, or on decks of boats, &c., and the peculiar configuration of the tile makes many beautiful color combinations' possible.

The improvement I am about to describe is such that no two tiles taken by themselves interlock. The combination of tilcs'is effected by using two tiles of different forms without either locking the other.

Figures 1 to 3 of the drawings illustrate the invention.

Similar letters refer to similar parts.

Fig. 1 is a plan view showing two forms of integral pieces forming a combination-tile. Figs. 2 and 3 are perspective views of the two different tiles used in Fig. 1.

Tiles A have certain recesses 61., into which fit the projections e of tiles B. Tiles B have recesses 0, into which fit the projections d of tiles A. It is thus seen that while separate from the rest no tile A-locks a tile B; yet by the arrangement shown in the drawings the Serial No. 102670. (No model.)

combination of tiles forms a rigid non-shifting fioor.

In making this tile an elastic material preferably is used; but any other suitable material may be employed.

I claim as my invention'- 1. A tile flooring constructed of tiles of two different forms A and B, substantially as de scribed.

2. A combination-tile floor formed of tiles of two different forms, so arranged that no single couple of such tiles, separated from the rest, interlock, and constructed with recesses and projections in one form of tile corresponding with projections and recesses in the other form, substantially as described.

3. A tile flooring constructed of tiles of two different forms, adapted so that one tile 13, catches .four tiles A, and arranged so that no single couple of tiles separate from the rest interlock, substantially as described.

4. A tile flooring constructed of tiles of two difierent forms, each presenting a recess on one or more of its faces, having their faces forming angles of any suitable degrees, so arranged that no single couple of tiles separate from the rest interlock, substantially as de-' scribed.

5. Atile flooring constructed of tiles of two difierent forms, one of which A is arrowshaped so that its recesses will conform to the projections of the other tile, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification, in the presence of two subscribing Witnesses, this 5th day of April, 1902.

RICHARD LEONARD MOYLE.

Witnesses:

JESSIE H. WATERS, CLARENCE GALICENSTEIN. 

